Permanent  Fireproof  Interior  Trim 
and  Architectural  Accessories 


Display  of  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  at  the 
Architects’  Samples  Corporation ,  ioi  Park  Ave., 
New  York 


With  notes  on  the  adaptability  of  this 
modern  material  for  woodwork  effects  in 
period  or  modernistic  interior  architecture 
and  decoration 


Manufactured  in  the  United  States  Exclusively  by 

The  Beaver  Products  Company,  Inc. 

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A.  I.  A.  File  No.  19  e33 

Copyright  1928,  The  B.  P.  Co.,  Inc. 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


A  T  the  left  is  shozvn  a  private  office 
Aa  finished  zvith  Elo  Asbestos  Jacobean 
paneling  to  form  harmonious  backgrounds 
for  fine  old.  English  furniture. 


Interiors  from  the  offices  of 
Lyon  &  Taylor,  Architects,  Nezv  York 


BELOW  is  a  lobby  in  zvhich  Gothic  Elo 
Asbestos  Paneling  reproduces  zvith  great 
fidelity  the  mellozv  color,  texture  and  charm 
of  antique  French  carved  oak  zvoodzvork. 
Permanence,  fire-resistance  and  lozv  cost  are 
added  characteristics  zvhich  make  Elo  As¬ 
bestos  Paneling  superior  to  the  finest  zvood¬ 
zvork  for  modern  buildings  of  all  types. 


Practical  Requirements  for 
Modern  Architectural  Interiors 

Original  Costs  Must  Be  Carefully  Controlled  and  Permanency  of 
Decorative  Schemes  Insured  in  Order  to  Keep  Down  Maintenance 

and  Replacement  Costs 


THOSE  who  are  responsible  for  decisions  cover¬ 
ing  the  architectural  and  decorative  treatment  to 
be  given  to  the  interiors  of  public  spaces,  offices, 
showrooms  and  private  residences  are  governed  in 
their  choice  of  materials  by  a  number  of  practical 
considerations.  Under  normal  conditions,  the  major 
problem  is  to  obtain  the  maximum  of  attractiveness 
and  impression-value  without  excessive  expenditures 
- — in  fact,  with  the  lowest  reasonable  initial  and 
maintenance  costs. 

In  selecting  materials  to  carry  out  appropriate 
interior  decorative  schemes  for  all  types  of  buildings 
or  remodeling  work,  the  more  important  factors  are 
as  follows :  Appearance,  Permanence,  Original  Cost, 
Annual  Maintenance,  and  Replacement  Costs.  In 
addition  to  these,  the  element  of  fire  resistance  often 
must  be  given  particular  attention.  Several  of  these 
factors  are  essentially  modern  in  their  origin  and 
have  become  of  importance  because  of  the  complex 
requirements  of  modern  building  design. 

Cost  considerations,  while  not  invariably  govern¬ 
ing  the  selection  of  materials  for  interior  finishing, 
are  usually  prime  factors.  Buildings  erected  as  in¬ 
vestments  depend  for  their  financial  success  in  part 
upon  keeping  both  the  initial  investment  and  the 
annual  maintenance  expense  at  the  lowest  figures 
consistent  with  the  quality  demanded  by  present-day 
tenants  or  buyers.  Installations  of  all  kinds  must 
he  given  a  high  degree  of  permanency  to  avoid  ex¬ 
pensive  replacement  costs.  While  a  degree  of  per¬ 
fection  and  even  luxury  may  be  desired  for  interior 
decorative  schemes,  it  is  obvious  that  the  accompany¬ 
ing  cost  is  closely  scrutinized  before  the  project  is 
approved  and  put  into  execution. 

It  is  also  true  that  when  a  new  building  has 
reached  the  final  stages  of  interior  decoration,  the 
budget  has  often  been  exceeded  and  the  original 
allowance  for  this  purpose  may  have  to  be  dimin¬ 
ished.  Here  then  is  the  problem  which  the  architect, 
decorator  and  owner  must  often  face — to  obtain 
interiors  of  impressive  appearance  within  the  pre¬ 
scribed  limitations  of  a  definite  or  perhaps  badly 
impaired  budget  that  cannot  he  expanded. 

Structurally  permanent  and  long  wearing  interior 
finishes  have  become  absolute  requirements  in  all 
types  of  buildings  where  common  sense  is  used  in  the 
original  investment.  Cheap  materials  have  no  place 
in  a  modern  building  investment,  because  a  large  part 
of  the  actual  cost  of  the  finished  job  is  in  labor.  As 


a  rule,  the  same  amount  of  labor  will  install  better 
materials  and  the  actual  increased  cost  for  better 
materials  is  but  a  fractional  part  of  the  entire  in¬ 
stallation.  Hence,  it  is  unsound  practice  to  attempt 
this  type  of  obviously  false  economy. 

From  the  point  of  view  of  the  architect,  it  is  also 
important  that  good  architectural  interiors  should  be 
protected  by  the  use  of  good  materials.  We  have  in 
this  country  too  many  examples  of  fine  interior  de¬ 
sign  quickly  ruined  by  the  use  of  inferior  materials. 

For  paneling,  trim,  and  other  interior  architectural 
accessories,  building  codes  and  common  sense  both 
indicate  the  use  of  fireproof  material  particularly 
where  there  is  exposure  to  any  kind  of  hazard. 
Architects  and  owners  are  coming  to  realize  the 
value  of  correct  insurance  engineering  with  its  con¬ 
sequent  reduction  in  rates  and  in  the  danger  of  un¬ 
warranted  disturbance  of  business  when  a  fire  occurs. 
There  is  a  marked  tendency  toward  the  construction 
of  fireproof  buildings  whether  or  not  required  by 
law  because  of  a  general  realization  of  the  unsound¬ 
ness  of  hazardous  construction. 

Appearance  is  today  a  factor  of  the  greatest  im¬ 
portance  in  the  real  estate  rental  or  sales  markets. 
Our  American  standards  of  business  and  domestic 
housing  have  developed  to  a  general  appreciation  of 
attractive  environment  in  the  office  and  home,  in 
shops,  theaters,  churches,  or  anywhere  that  the  in¬ 
terchange  of  social  and  commercial  life  is  carried  on. 
The  psychological  value  of  impressions  invites  trade 
and  increases  sales.  Attractive  interiors  inspire  bet¬ 
ter  business  and  social  relationships ;  they  pay  divi¬ 
dends  of  impression  value  which  are  easily  trans¬ 
lated  into  financial  profit. 

Paneled  Walls  for  Good  Interiors 

Among  the  styles  of  interior  architectural  treat¬ 
ment  widely  used  by  the  designers  and  craftsmen  of 
past  generations,  wood  paneling  has  always  held  a 
high  place.  It  was  very  liberally  used  in  Eng¬ 
land,  France,  and  other  European  countries  where 
native  woods  were  cheaply  obtained  and  it  was  de¬ 
veloped  to  a  state  of  perfection  in  design  and  detail 
that  was  hardly  achieved  in  any  other  decorative 
material  used  for  interiors.  Even  in  countries 
where  wood  was  scarce,  the  finer  buildings — both 
public  and  domestic — often  imported  wood  at  con¬ 
siderable  expense  for  use  in  preference  to  native  ma¬ 
terials  less  amenable  to  artistic  development.  Wood 

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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


Courtesy,  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art 

The  fine  paneling  in  this  room  in  Kensington 
Palace  shozvs  the  linenfold  design  above  plain 
panels.  Note  the  use  of  short  panels  over  the 
fireplace  and  the  slightly  narrower  panels  at  the 
right  to  meet  varying  space  requirements 


paneling,  either  of  extremely  simple  design  or  elabo¬ 
rately  carved,  has  acquired  through  the  ages  a  charm 
and  character  which  is  rivalled  by  no  other  material. 

Wood  paneling  of  the  better  types  is  today  limited 
in  its  use  by  high  cost  due  to  the  fact  that  the  fine 
craftsmanship  necessary  for  producing  satisfactory 
results  is  highly  expensive.  This  is  particularly  true 
of  wood  paneling  which  is  made  up  with  more  or  less 
elaborate  details.  Thus  a  situation  has  been  de¬ 
veloped  in  this  country  which  attaches  great  interest 
on  the  part  of  architects  and  owners  to  the  an¬ 
nouncement  of  a  new  material  ELO  which  possesses 
all  of  the  qualities  of  fine  woodwork  but  is  available 
in  authentic  designs  at  reasonable  costs. 


Permanent,  Fireproof  “Woodwork”  at 
Reasonable  Cost 

Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  and  architectural  accessories 
as  presented  here  are  manufactured  from  a  new  ma¬ 
terial  having  the  appearance  of  wood  with  the 
strength,  permanence,  and  fire-resistance  of  asbestos 
and  cement.  This  material  is  not  offered  as  a  sub¬ 
stitute  for  wood  but  as  a  product  possessing  its  own 
qualities  and  characteristics,  many  of  which  give  it 
definite  superiority  to  wood  and  place  it  in  a  class 
by  itself.  Among  the  most  interesting  of  these  char¬ 
acteristics  is  that  of  cost,  for  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling 


is  obtainable  in  a  wide  variety  of  designs  adapted 
from  period  precedent  at  a  cost  less  than  that  of 
good  woodwork,  this  being  especially  true  of  those 
panels  which  replace  heavily  carved  details. 

Elo'  Asbestos  Paneling  was  developed  originally  in 
France  where  the  material  has  been  extensively  used 
for  a  number  of  years.  This  paneling  is  composed 
of  asbestos  and  cement  and  would  be  rated  as  Class 
A  Fire-Resistive  (absolutely  fireproof)  by  any  in¬ 
surance  engineer.  It  is  strong,  durable  and  easily 
handled.  It  is  superior  to  wood  because  it  will  not 
split,  chip  nor  warp.  It  is  installed  and  finished  in 
the  same  manner,  with  the  same  labor,  and  with  the 
same  materials  employed  for  ordinary  wood  panel¬ 
ing.  It  reproduces  the  appearance  of  fine  woodwork 
or  may  be  had  in  special  metallic  finishes,  such  as 
bronze,  old  gold  or  silver. 

The  purpose  of  this  book  is  to  provide  architects, 
decorators,  contractors  and  owners  with  a  thorough 
working  knowledge  of  this  modern  material.  In  the 
following  pages  are  photographs  showing  rooms  in 
which  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  has  been  successfully 
employed,  together  with  scale  reproductions  of  many 
patterns  now  available.  Other  patterns  and  architec¬ 
tural  accessories  will  he  available  from  time  to  time, 
increasing  the  present  wide  range  of  styles  and  sizes. 


Courtesy,  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art 

A  detail  from  Hampton  Court  which  shows  typi¬ 
cal  Tudor  paneling.  Adjustments  have  been  made 
under  the  windows,  on  the  reveal  at  the  left  of 
the  window  and  over  the  door  by  using  narrow 
or  short  units,  in  the  same  way  Elo  Asbestos 
Paneling  is  adapted  to  meet  similar  conditions  in 
the  decoration  of  modern  buildings 


Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  For 
Adaptations  of  Period  Styles 

Authentic  designs  derived  from  Architectural  Periods  during 
which  wood  paneling  was  highly  developed  solve  designer's  prob¬ 
lems  in  producing  correct  interiors  at  low  cost. 


MUCH  of  the  domestic  architecture  of  today  is 
deriving  its  inspiration  from  the  early  secular 
architecture  of  England,  France,  Normandy,  Italy 
and  Spain,  and  from  Colonial  and  early  American 
buildings.  We  are  apparently  passing  through  an 
era  which  is  in  a  certain  manner  a  Renaissance  in 
itself,  based  this  time  upon  work  in  older  countries 
which  in  turn  was  inspired  by  the  earlier  Renaissance 
of  Classic  motifs. 

Architects,  however,  are  far 
too  skilled  to  content  them¬ 
selves  with  being  mere  copy¬ 
ists.  They  are  not  reproducing 
old  interiors  in  their  orig¬ 
inal  form ;  in  many  respects 
they  are  doing  much  finer 
work  than  exists  in  the  build¬ 
ings  from  which  they  are  de¬ 
riving  their  inspirations.  They 
have  appreciated  that  very 
few,  if  any,  period  styles  were 
themselves  created  out  of 
whole  cloth ;  rather  they  were 
in  turn  influenced  and  inspired 
by  the  work  of  other  ages  and 
other  peoples. 

Architects  and  decorators  in 
the  present  day  continue  to 
create  interiors  in  much  the 
same  manner  and  with  much 
the  same  inspirations  as  the 
designers  of  past  centuries,  except  that  we  have  a 
broader  range  of  precedents  from  which  to  draw 
and  also  the  courage  of  modernistic  impulses.  We 
are  Americanizing  the  domestic  architecture  of  the 
16th  to  18th  centuries,  and  in  so  doing  making  our 
interiors  far  more  beautiful,  comfortable  and  ser¬ 
viceable  than  any  which  have  been  achieved  in  past 
ages.  Thus,  the  results  of  modern  architecture  are 
very  often  as  original  and  distinctive  as  any  in  the 
past,  although  motifs  and  details  may  be  adapted 
from  styles  already  established.  The  skill  of  the 
architect  is  that  which  directs  the  assembly  of 
harmonious  details  all  under  the  practical  require¬ 
ments  of  modern  business  and  of  community  re¬ 
strictions  and  building  laws. 

As  a  result  of  this  work  in  America,  architects 
have  unfettered  themselves  from  the  bonds  of  past 
ages  and  have  found  that  many  fine  things  can  be 


done  by  bringing  together  in  one  building  elements 
derived  from  many  sources.  They  are  finding  that 
Italian,  Spanish  and  early  English  furniture  can  be 
used  together  to  create  a  more  charming  ensemble 
than  could  be  achieved  by  the  use  of  only  one  type 
or  period  of  furniture  throughout  the  room,  using 
Oriental  rugs,  Chinese  lacquers,  and  many  other 
exotic  decorative  elements  just  as  the  old  shipping 

merchants  of  Colonial  times 
furnished  their  homes  with 
products  brought  across  the 
seven  seas. 

This  freedom  from  a  need 
for  the  exact  reproduction  of 
a  building  in  the  manner  of 
some  older  period  applies  as 
well  to  the  development  of 
paneling  in  modern  buildings. 
Clever  designers  are  finding  it 
possible  to  combine  elements 
of  Gothic,  Tudor  and  Jacobean 
paneling  to  create  an  effect 
that  retains  the  charm  and 
character  of  the  older  work 
with  a  new  feeling  and  beauty 
which  is  distinctly  modern. 

For  this  reason,  in  offering 
Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  derived 
from  several  of  the  principal 
periods  during  which  wood 
paneling  reached  a  high  plane 
of  development,  the  manufacturers  are  in  no  wise 
limiting  architects,  decorators  and  owners  to  the 
use  of  these  panels  in  buildings  developed  in  purely 
period  styles ;  rather  they  are  giving  architects  an 
opportunity  to  express  their  ingenuity  and  artistic 
talents  for  the  creation  of  beautiful  interiors  suited 
to  the  important  rooms  of  all  types  of  buildings  from 
private  residences  to  churches,  from  office  buildings 
to  auditoriums,  and  from  stores  to  hotels. 

With  the  transition  from  the  elementary  architec¬ 
ture  of  the  early  mediaeval  ages  to  the  much  finer 
but  still  immature  work  of  the  early  Gothic  period, 
came  a  definite  appreciation  of  the  decorative  treat¬ 
ment  of  dwelling  interiors  as  well  as  those  of  the 
more  important  buildings,  such  as  cathedrals, 
churches  and  public  structures.  In  a  sense,  domes¬ 
tic  architecture,  which  had  been  non-existent  since 
the  decline  of  the  Roman  Empire  in  Western 


Wainscot,  Pattern  No.  64.  A  simple  oak  panel 
with  molding  measuring  30"  high  by  3'  liyz" 
imdc,  including  an  alternating  half  width  panel 
not  shown.  See  illustration  on  page  for  com¬ 
plete  unit  in  display  at  the  Architects  Samples 
Corporation,  ioi  Park  Avenue,  New  York. 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


TYPICAL  ADJUSTING  PANELS  USED  WITH  ELO  ASBESTOS  “TUDOR”  PANELING 

Permitting  the  adaptation  of  the  standard  panel,  Pattern  No.  68  (shown  on  opposite  page) 
to  various  space  dimensions.  Also  used  as  “closing”  units  and  for  fitting  around  doors, 
columns  and  under  windows.  Scale  of  illustrations  (approximately)  :  )4  inch  equals  1  foot. 


No.  68E 


SIZES 


Height  Width 

No.  68A .  6'  9Y\"  0'7^" 

No.  68B .  6'9M"  0'  1254" 

No.  68E .  4'77/s"  3' 11)4" 

No.  68C .  3'Sy/'  3'  11)4" 


Baseboard  No.  57  and  Wood  Top  Mold 
No.  78  shoirn  in  illustrations  not  included 
in  above  dimensions. 


No.  68C 


Europe,  again  lifted  its  head  and  became  a  factor. 

Wood  paneling  as  it  is  known  today  flourished 
during  the  entire  Gothic  era,  during  which  period  it 
changed  in  form  from  the  use  of  plain  wood  boards 
to  beautifully  carved  paneling  with  molded  rails  and 
stiles  and  elaborately  decorated  panels.  In  this  re¬ 
spect  the  development  of  wood 
paneling  was  closely  parallel  to  the 
development  of  masonry  construc¬ 
tion  in  which  architects  recognize 
three  distinct  stages  of  development, 

Early  Gothic,  Perpendicular  Gothic, 
and  Flamboyant  or  Curvilinear 
Gothic.  These  divisions  of  the 
Gothic  era  represent  progressive 
changes  toward  greater  magnifi¬ 
cence  and  elaboration  of  ornamen¬ 
tation  until  finally  Gothic  work  be¬ 
came  marred  by  its  own  wealth  of 
detail  and  was  superseded  by  the 
simpler  forms  of  the  Renaissance 
and  all  subsequent  periods. 

The  return  to  Classic  motifs  in 
ecclesiastical  and  royal  architecture 
did  not  have  an  immediate  effect 
upon  the  lesser  domestic  structures 
of  England  and  the  Continental 
countries.  In  the  panel  work  of 
the  early  days  of  the  Renaissance, 
there  was,  however,  a  definite  re¬ 


version  to  simpler  types  and  never  again  did  paneled 
walls  have  the  elaborate  over-all  carving  characteris¬ 
tic  of  the  best  Gothic  work. 

Wood  paneling  has  been  an  element  in  almost 
every  important  architectural  style  down  to  the 
present  day.  Its  greatest  use  after  the  Gothic  era 
was  during  the  Tudor  and  Eliza¬ 
bethan  times,  and  the  Jacobean  and 
Stuart  periods.  It  was  still  an  im¬ 
portant  element  in  architecture  in 
the  reigns  of  William  and  Mary  and 
Queen  Anne,  but  with  the  introduc¬ 
tion  of  the  work  of  the  brothers 
Adam,  and  down  through  Georgian 
and  Colonial  architecture,  wood 
paneling  assumed  another  important 
function  through  use  as  a  structural 
base  for  painted  paneled  walls. 
Today  natural  and  painted  wood 
effects  in  paneled  walls  are  enjoy¬ 
ing  great  popularity. 

Elo  Paneling  of  the 
Gothic  Influence 

A  characteristic  motif  of  the 
Gothic  era  used  in  interior  wood¬ 
work  was  the  linenfold  panel, 
which  has  been  reproduced  in  the 
Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  shown  on 
pages  12  and  13.  This  simple  over- 


Another  type  of  “Tudor”  Paneling, 
Pattern  No.  32,  having  equal  size 
panels,  shoivn  here  zvith  Base¬ 
board  No.  57  and  Wood  Top 
Mold  No.  78.  Panel  alone  mea¬ 
sures  V  703/"  high  by  S'  7"  wide 


ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


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ELO  ASBESTOS 
TUDOR  PANELING 

Pattern  No.  68 

Combining  simplicity  and  restraint 
with  an  interesting  design  resulting 
from  the  graduated  sizes  of  the  panels, 
this  pattern  reveals  to  the  fullest  ex¬ 
tent  the  grain  and  color  of  selected 
oak.  It  may  be  stained  and  waxed, 
varnished  or  lacquered  to  secure  any 
color  tone  or  finish  obtainable  on  the 
zoood  itself.  This  type  of  paneling  is 
suggested  for  interiors  where  richness 
and  character  are  desired  but  where 
the  background  must  be  subordinated 
in  attention-value  to  the  furnishings. 


TOP 


SIZE 

The  panel  illustrated  at  the  right 
measures  3'  liyh"  unde  by  6 '  9^4" 
high.  Generally  used  with  Elo  Asbes¬ 
tos  Baseboard  No.  57  and  top  mold¬ 
ing  of  wood.  See  opposite  page  for 
adjusting  and  “ closing ”  units,  permit¬ 
ting  the  use  of  this  panel  for  spaces  of 
various  dimensions.  Reproduction  is 
at  the  scale  of  approximately  1  inch 
equals  1  foot. 


all  decoration  has  always  been  one  of  the  most 
charming  and  popular  motifs  in  woodwork  and  has 
been  widely  used  down  to  the  present  day,  having 
been  employed  as  an  occasional  element  in  other  early 
architectural  periods,  including  the  Tudor  and 
Jacobean  styles,  and  even  in  Italian,  Spanish  and 
German  decorative  woodwork. 

The  later  Gothic  work  was  marked  by  a  free  use 
of  ornament,  and  in  both  English  and  French  panel¬ 


ing  very  graceful  scrolls  and  natural  flower  forms 
added  grace  and  lightness  to  a  style  which  formerly 
was  marked  by  sturdiness  and  relative  simplicity.  In 
England,  the  late  Gothic  work  is  called  Curvilinear 
Gothic  and  there  are  many  beautiful  church  win¬ 
dows  developed  in  carved  and  pierced  stone  which 
represent  the  supreme  artistic  achievement  of  this 
period.  In  France,  Gothic  architects  carried  the 
Curvilinear  style  to  an  ever  greater  development  and 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


No.  91  No.  61 


TYPICAL  ADJUSTING  PANELS  FOR  ELO  ASBESTOS  JACOBEAN  PANELING 

Used  as  “closing”  units  and  for  odd  spaces  around  openings,  under  windows,  and  to 
save  waste  in  cutting  standard  panel,  No.  53,  shown  on  opposite  page,  with  which  these 
adjusting  panels  are  used.  Short  units  also  employed  as  wainscot  and  to  increase  height 
of  standard  paneling  where  required.  Scale  approximately  x/2  inch  equals  1  foot. 


SIZES 


Height  Width 

No.  91 .  6'10H"  0'  10" 

No.  61 .  6' 10%”  0'  125/6" 

No.  76 .  2'7/2"  3'  8%" 

No.  73 .  2'7J4"  3' 11" 


Above  sizes  are  exclusive  of  top  mold  or  baseboard.  Wood  Top  Mold  No.  78  and  Elo 
Baseboard  No.  57  generally  employed  'with  this  Jacobean  series  of  panels. 


No.  76 


No.  73 


the  period  earned  the  name  of  the  Flamboyant 
Gothic  period,  a  title  which  is  quite  descriptive  of 
the  intricate  and  delicate  work  produced.  An  ex¬ 
ample  of  late  Gothic  paneling  is  well  shown  in  the 
Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  illustrated  with  its  accessory 
panels  on  pages  10  and  11.  The  top  course  of 
paneling  is  typically  Flamboyant  Gothic  of  French 
influence,  and  the  lower  panels  are  characteristic 
linenfold  panels.  The  carved  moldings  show  the 
free  introduction  of  natural  forms  characteristic  of 
the  work  of  skilled  Gothic  craftsmen. 

Both  of  the  Gothic  panels  illustrated  in  this  book 
are  highly  appropriate  today  for  the  decoration  of 
important  rooms  in  which  the  background  is  per¬ 
mitted  to  play  a  leading  part  in  the  decorative 
scheme,  as  in  lobbies  of  hotels  and  apartment  houses, 
for  the  decoration  of  fine  store  interiors,  for  wait¬ 
ing-rooms  and  private  offices  in  commercial  struc¬ 
tures,  and  for  libraries,  schools  and  similar  public 
and  semi-public  buildings  in  which  the  furnishings 
are  a  subordinate  element.  These  panels  may  be 
employed  with  great  effect,  for  they  possess  depth 
and  richness  of  color  and  texture  that  give  them  a 
high  place  as  a  decorative  medium.  They  are  ap¬ 
propriately  used  with  furnishings  of  oak  or  walnut 
of  early  English  design,  and  they  also  harmonize 
exceedingly  well  with  occasional  pieces  of  Italian 
and  Spanish  origin.  It  has  been  remarked  before 
that  the  linenfold  motif  has  long  held  its  place  in 
architecture  and  decoration  and  this  is  particularly 


apparent  in  its  frequent  recurrence  in  furniture  and 
cabinet  work,  typical  of  practically  all  European 
countries.  These  panels  may  also  be  used  in  con¬ 
junction  with  the  Tudor  and  Jacobean  paneling  de¬ 
scribed  below,  for  the  same  reason. 

Tudor  and  Elizabethan  Paneling 

It  has  been  frequently  said  that  architecture  faith¬ 
fully  reflects  a  definite  expression  of  the  character 
of  its  people.  During  the  long  era  when  England 
was  ruled  by  the  House  of  Tudor,  the  tendency  of 
domestic  architecture  clearly  shows  the  changes 
which  the  nation  was  undergoing.  During  the  reign 
of  the  first  of  the  Tudor  line,  English  architecture 
had  hardly  begun  to  lose  its  mediaeval  Gothic 
character.  England’s  isolated  geographic  position 
shielded  it  from  the  influences  which  were  apparent 
in  the  architecture  of  Continental  countries,  and  it 
was  not  until  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII  that  the 
Renaissance  movement  began  definitely  to  influence 
the  somewhat  heavy  English  forms  of  architecture 
and  decorative  interior  furnishings. 

Once  the  Renaissance  began  to  take  hold,  how¬ 
ever,  the  movement  toward  a  marked  change  in  style 
was  well  begun.  Royalty  took  pride  in  its  patronage 
of  the  arts,  and  the  increasing  wealth  of  English 
nobility,  which  was  one  of  the  results  of  the  Refor¬ 
mation,  resulted  in  a  demand  for  large  country  and 
city  manor  houses  and  homes,  which  led  to  a  period 
of  very  active  construction.  Master  builders  and 


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9 


ELO  ASBESTOS 
JACOBEAN  PANELING 

Pattern  No.  53 

A  geometric  pattern  composed  of 
diamond  shaped  and  rectangular  or¬ 
namentation  of  the  panels,  derived 
from  early  English  oak  precedents  of 
great  charm  and  popularity,  lends 
added  interest  to  the  wall  treatment 
when  the  Elo  Paneling  illustrated  at  the 
right,  is  employed.  This  design  lends 
itself  especially  Well  to  the  decoration 
of  rooms  carried  out  in  the  English 
manner  and  furnished  with  oak  or 
walnut  furniture  of  appropriate  style. 


SIZE 

The  size  of  the  panel  illustrated 
herewith  is  3'  11 "  wide  by  6 '  10%" 
high.  Generally  used  with  Elo  Asbes¬ 
tos  Baseboard  No.  57  and  top  molding 
of  wood.  See  opposite  page  for  ad¬ 
justing  and  “closing”  units  used  with 
this  panel.  Reproduction  is  at  the  scale 
of  approximately  1  inch  equals  1  foot. 


craftsmen  came  to  England  from  the  Continent  to 
take  advantage  of  this  period  of  construction  ac¬ 
tivity  and  prosperity.  They  brought  with  them  a 
wider  appreciation  of  Renaissance  ideas  and  styles 
than  had  theretofore  been  existent  among  native 
workers.  During  the  long  reign  of  Elizabeth,  Eng¬ 
land  developed  a  type  of  architecture  so  characteris¬ 
tic  as  to  have  earned  for  itself  the  dignity  of  classi¬ 
fication  as  a  distinct  period.  During  these  periods 


wall  paneling  was  characteristically  composed  of 
small  oak  panels  with  comparatively  wide  rails.  The 
paneling  was  carried  to  the  ceiling  or  to  a  carved 
cornice  above  which  was  a  plaster  frieze,  or  in  open 
roofed  halls,  half-timber  patterns  The  Elo  Asbestos 
Tudor  paneling  shown  on  page  7  is  highly  char¬ 
acteristic  of  this  style.  On  page  6  is  an  illustration 
of  another  Tudor  panel  (Pattern  No.  32)  showing 
a  variation  in  the  treatment  of  the  moldings  and 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


Adjusting  panel  Pattern  No.  85  shown  with  Elo 
Asbestos  Baseboard  No.  57,  used  with  panel 
No.  16  shown  on  opposite  page  for  wainscot 
under  zvindows,  etc.  Width  3'  height 

1'  7ps"  exclusive  of  Baseboard. 


Adjusting  panel  Pattern  No.  44  used  with  panel 
No.  16  shown  on  opposite  page  as  wainscot  to 
increase  height  and  for  paneling  under  win¬ 
dows.  See  desk  made  of  this  unit  on  page  20. 
Width  3'  11%",  height  without  Baseboard  2'  2}^" . 


proportions  of  the  panels  taken  from  other  fine 
contemporary  work.  This  paneling  with  its  appro¬ 
priate  accessories  is  particularly  useful  in  impor¬ 
tant  rooms  where  the  background  must  be  subordi¬ 
nated  in  attention  value  to  furnishings  and  other 
interior  treatments.  There  is  a  simple  broad  dignity 
to  Tudor  panel  work  that  suggests  its  employment 
in  rooms  where  ornateness  or  elaboration  is  not  de¬ 
sired  or  where  the  attention  must  be  concentrated  on 
other  furnishings.  Very  often  the  linenfold  panel 
is  used  in  conjunction  with  these  simple  flat  panels 
for  special  emphasis,  one  characteristic  scheme  be¬ 
ing  to  introduce  the  linenfold  on  doors  or  as  a 
frieze  above  the  typical  rectangular  wall  units. 

The  Panel  W  ork  of  the  Jacobean  and 
Stuart  Period 

Once  England  felt  the  influence  of  Continental 
architecture,  it  became  peculiarly  susceptible  to 
changing  trends  in  architecture  and  decoration,  and 
during  the  reigns  of  the  monarchs  of  the  Stuart  line, 
French  influence  materially  assisted  in  the  increas¬ 
ing  change  which  was  steadily  taking  place.  During 
the  latter  part  of  the  Stuart  period,  English  domestic 
architecture  reached  what  many  consider  its  most 
delightful  and  beautiful  form. 

Under  the  reign  of  James  I,  but  comparatively 
small  changes  took  place  from  the  types  which  had 
been  in  vogue  under  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  stern 
days  of  the  Commonwealth  offered  but  scanty  en¬ 
couragement  to  anything  which  tended  toward  mak¬ 
ing  life  more  tolerable.  Later  monarchs  of  this 
house  who  had  enjoyed  the  hospitality  which  France 
has  always  been  ready  to  extend  to  sovereigns  in 
exile,  brought  back  to  England  when  their  enforced 
sojourn  had  been  ended,  many  of  the  prevailing 
French  fashions  which  spread  rapidly  once  they  had 
been  adopted  by  the  Court.  The  rule  of  the  Com¬ 


monwealth  was  over,  and  with  the  return  of  the 
Stuarts  to  their  dominions,  England  was  enjoying 
again  a  period  of  renewed  life  and  freedom.  Again 
architecture  reflected  this  changing  national  char¬ 
acter  and  feeling  and  the  interest  displayed  in  what 
was  artistic  and  amusing,  which  immediately  ap¬ 
peared  with  the  Restoration,  was  mirrored  in  the 
Stuart  style  of  domestic  architecture  and  decoration, 
which  drew  its  predominating  characteristics  from 
the  new  mansions  and  manor  houses  of  the  king  and 
the  reestablished  and  prosperous  nobility. 

Again  political  conditions  on  the  Continent  and 
the  improved  situation  in  England  drew  to  the 
island  many  skilled  designers  and  craftsmen  trained 
in  all  the  arts,  who  were  well  qualified  to  execute 
their  designs.  Interior  paneling  of  wood  received 
even  greater  attention  than  formerly;  the  moldings 
were  more  carefully  developed,  proportions  were 
studied  and  details  having  interest  and  variety  were 
introduced  into  the  panel  fields. 

Jacobean  and  Stuart  rooms  have  comparatively 
low,  flat  ceilings,  usually  beautifully  ornamented  in 
plaster  either  in  low  relief,  all-over,  geometrical 
strap-work  patterns,  or  in  the  French  parge  work 
showing  natural  flower  and  bird  forms.  The  wall 
paneling  generally  covered  the  lower  three-quarters 
of  the  walls  and  was  capped  with  a  thin  cornice  or 
sometimes  a  Renaissance  frieze  above  which  was 
plaster  parge  work  in  varying  degrees  of  ornamen¬ 
tation,  with  naturalistic  or  conventional  motifs. 

The  typical  oak  panel  was  in  small  units  with  the 
fields  often  divided  into  geometrical  patterns  with 
applied  moldings.  The  arch  was  occasionally  intro¬ 
duced  into  the  top  tier  of  panels. 

Modern  designers  will  find  in  the  Elo  Asbestos 
Jacobean  paneling  illustrated  on  pages  8  and  9,  an 
excellent  and  typical  example  of  authentic  wood¬ 
work  of  this  period.  The  upper  courses  of  the 


ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


11 


ELO  ASBESTOS 
GOTHIC  PANELING 

Pattern  No.  16 

At  the  right  is  shozim  a  very  beautiful 
panel  based  largely  upon  French 
Gothic  precedent.  The  top  row  of 
panels  follozv  the  flamboyant  Gothic 
style  much  used  in  France  during  the 
height  of  the  Gothic  period.  The 
lower  panels  contain  a  very  interesting 
and  restrained  linenfold  design  giving 
a  general  effect  of  great  richness  and 
beauty.  This  type  of  panel  is  well 
suited  to  lobbies  for  fine  offices,  apart¬ 
ment  buildings  and  hotels,  for  libraries 
and  for  ecclesiastical  zvork  of  all  kinds. 


MAIL 

% 

SIZE 

The  panel  shown  here  measures 
3'  liyA"  zvide  by  6 '  7yA"  high.  Gen¬ 
erally  used  zmth  special  Baseboard 
No.  83  and  top  molding  of  zvood.  Ad¬ 
justing  panels  to  match  are  shown  on 
opposite  page.  Reproduction  is  at  the 
scale  of  approximately  one  inch  equals 
one  foot.  Section  showing  relief  above. 


panels  contain  simple  diamond  shape  patterns,  con¬ 
trasting  with  the  rectangular  division  of  the  lower 
courses.  Adjusting  panels  in  which  typical  units 
are  compressed  for  use  in  limited  spaces  or  separate 
units  representing  the  lower  or  upper  courses  of  the 
standard  panel  for  use  under  windows,  over  mantels, 
or  for  increasing  the  height  of  the  standard  panel 
dimension,  offer  further  resources  enabling  the  de¬ 
signer  to  adapt  this  pattern  to  a  wide  variety  of  wall 
dimensions.  See  illustrations  of  these  units  on  page  8. 


The  Jacobean  panels  are  appropriately  used  under 
much  the  same  circumstances  as  call  for  the  em¬ 
ployment  of  the  simpler  Tudor  paneling  above  de¬ 
scribed.  The  additional  variety  and  interest  created 
through  the  use  of  geometrical  divisions  gives 
slightly  greater  attention  value  than  the  earlier  work. 

An  interesting  private  office  developed  in  Elo 
Asbestos  Jacobean  paneling  is  illustrated  on  the 
frontispiece  and  in  the  architectural  drawings  ap¬ 
pearing  on  page  16  showing  arrangement  of  paneling. 


12 


ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


No.  96 


TYPICAL  ADJUSTING  PANELS  FOR  ELO  GOTHIC  PANELING  NO.  95 


Typical  adjusting  panels  for  Elo  Asbestos  Gothic  Paneling  No.  95.  The 
narrow  unit  (Pattern  No.  96)  is  three-quarters  the  width  of  a  single  panel 
and  rail  in  Panel  No.  95,  and  is  used  as  a  “closing”  unit  or  for  narrow  wall 
spaces  and  around  columns.  Pattern  No.  112  can  be  used  alone  for  a  lower 
effect  than  Panel  No.  95  or  for  extending  height  in  larger  rooms.  Panel 
No.  Ill  is  for  filling  under  windows  or  as  a  low  wainscot. 


No.  112 


SIZE 


Width 

Height 

No. 

96 . 

...  V  2rt" 

o 

00 

No. 

112 . 

...  3'  1154" 

6'  03/4" 

No. 

Ill . 

...  3' ny2" 

2'2C" 

In  computing  height  of  these  units  on 
wall,  it  should  be  remembered  that 
variations  can  be  effected  by  changing 
width  of  baseboard  and  top  mold. 


No.  Ill 


Minor  Norman  and  Breton  Paneling 

Within  the  last  few  years,  public  attention  in 
America  has  been  drawn  to  the  charming  domestic 
architecture  of  Normandy  and  Brittany.  There  are 
now  apparent  the  beginnings  of  a  genuine  vogue  for 
modern  houses  possessing  the  characteristic  charm 
and  informality  of  the  minor  farm  houses  and  urban 
residences  of  northern  France.  With  this  interest  in 
“peasant”  architecture  has  come  an  appreciation  of 
the  native  furniture  and  decorations  which  lends  spe¬ 
cial  interest  to  the  “Breton”  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling 
illustrated  on  page  14.  A  study  of  these  interesting 
designs  will  show  the  characteristic  incised  carving 
in  conventionalized  flower  and  geometrical  patterns 
worked  on  plain  oak  panels  with  stiles  and  rails  hav¬ 
ing  a  relatively  primitive  molding.  It  is  apparent 
that  the  craftsmen  of  this  period  were  limited  to  the 
use  of  simple  tools,  as  most  of  their  carving  was 
done  with  ordinary  chisels  and  gouges.  There  was 
no  relief  carving  of  any  great  moment,  but  when 
elaborate  effects  were  desired,  the  results  were 
achieved  by  the  use  of  applied  half-round  turnings 
in  conjunction  with  deeply  recessed  solid  woodwork. 

There  is  evidence  of  many  influences  in  this  in¬ 
teresting  style  of  paneling,  for  the  craftsmen  seem 
to  have  gathered  their  inspiration  from  occasional 
glimpses  of  work  of  other  periods  and  other 
countries.  In  turn,  this  work  has  influenced  later 


styles.  Perhaps  the  most  interesting  feature  to  note 
is  that  the  early  Colonial  architecture  of  America, 
and  particularly  some  of  the  early  furniture,  shows 
a  marked  resemblance  to  the  Breton  panel  work  re¬ 
produced  in  Elo  Asbestos.  The  famous  Connecticut 
chests  with  their  incised  carving  and  applied  half- 
round  turnings  are  particularly  reminiscent  of  this 
naive  peasant  woodwork. 

Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  for  Painted  Finishes 

The  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  illustrated  in  this  book 
is  selected  from  many  other  patterns  which  may  be 
procured  on  special  order.  There  is  a  wide  range 
to  choose  from,  including  modernistic  patterns, 
elaborately  carved  Gothic  screens,  and  panels  finished 
without  wood  texture  which  are  intended  to  be 
decorated  with  paint  or  treated  with  a  metallic  sur¬ 
face  of  bronze,  gold  or  silver. 

The  patterns  without  wood  texture  carry  the  pe¬ 
riod  styles  illustrated  in  this  book  through  the  subse¬ 
quent  stages  of  architectural  development  when 
painted  and  enameled  wood  paneling  enjoyed  equal 
vogue  with  natural  wood  finishes.  Its  strength, 
permanence  and  fireproof  qualities,  combined  with 
the  interesting  plain  and  molded  patterns  available 
make  this  type  of  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  particularly 
desirable  where  fine  painted  and  enameled  paneling 
effects  are  desired.  Designs  and  complete  informa¬ 
tion  furnished  on  request  without  any  obligation. 


ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


13 


ELO  ASBESTOS 
GOTHIC  PANELING 

Pattern  No.  95 

The  linenfold  paneling  illustrated  at 
the  right,  reveals  the  grain  and  texture 
of  fine  oak  woodwork  decorated  by  the 
hand  of  a  master  craftsman.  It  is 
distinctly  Gothic  in  feeling,  the  linen- 
fold  panel  being  characteristic  of 
Gothic  work  in  both  England  and 
France.  Such  panels  may  be  seen  in 
some  of  the  finest  chateaux  and  manor 
houses  abroad,  and  in  many  churches 


RAIL 


SIZE 

This  panel  unit  measures  3'  liyT’ 
unde  by  8'  high.  A  narrow  closing 
unit  and  sections  one  and  three  panels 
high  for  use  with  the  standard  panel 
shown  herewith  are  illustrated  on  the 
opposite  page.  Reproduction  is  at  the 
scale  of  approximately  one  inch  equals 
one  foot. 

Interesting  adaptations  of  the  Gothic 
Panels  illustrated  on  this  and  the  three 
preceding  pages  are  to  be  seen  in  the 
altar  for  the  Lutheran  Church  House 
shown  on  page  18,  the  desk  illustrated 
on  page  20,  the  office  lobby  shown  on 
the  frontispiece  and  cover,  and  display 
room  shown  on  page  2 1 .  The  beauty  and 
intrinsic  interest  of  fine  Gothic  wood¬ 
work  as  reproduced  in  Elo  Asbestos 
Paneling  suggests  the  use  of  these 
panels  for  many  similar  purposes.  Ob¬ 
viously  for  ecclesiastical  work  of  all 
kinds,  from  cathedrals  to  parish  houses, 
these  patterns  derived  from  authentic 
sources  are  particularly  significant. 


Appropriate  uses  for  these  and  other  panels  and  correct  methods  of  finishing 
Elo  Asbestos  products  are  described  in  detail  in  the  accompanying  text. 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


DESIGNS  DERIVED  FROM  NORMAN  AND  BRETON  ARCHITECTURE 


Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  of  Several  Types,  all  having  close  Relationship  in 
Origin  and  Style.  Incised  and  Chip  Carving  shows  Peasant  Origin. 


No.  21 


The  panel  below  may  be  used 
appropriately  with  Nos.  21,  22 
and  39  in  various  ways.  Note 
repetition  of  incised  carving  on 
rails  of  all  four  units. 


All  dimensions  given  are  exclusive  of  wood  top 
mold  and  Elo  Baseboard  shown  in  some  of  these 
illustrations.  Scale  approximately  one-half 
inch  equals  one  foot. 


SIZES 

Width 

Height 

No.  21 .  .  . 

...  3'  67/8" 

5' IN" 

No.  22..  . 

...  3'  67/s" 

3' 8 /s" 

No.  39... 

...  3'  67/s" 

00 

CM 

No.  22 


SIZES 

Width 

Height 

No.  21b.... 

3'  67/s" 

5' IN" 

No.  22b.... 
No.  81 

0'  11" 

3'8N" 

(Modern)  1'  3//' 

3'  11" 

No.  67  with 

F  r  i  e  z  e 
No.  79... 

4'  9//' 

Cn 

00 

No.  67 

only)06  4' 9  A"  3'  KPN" 


No.  39 


The  panel  below  is  in  two  parts,  the  upper  sec¬ 
tion  being  a  Frieze,  which  may  be  used  inde¬ 
pendently  of  the  lower  section.  The  division 
comes  above  the  top  stile.  See  page  22  for 
detail  and  dimensions  of  Frieze. 


No.  21b 


No.  22b  No.  81 


No.  67  with  Frieze  No.  79 


Designing  Interiors  With 
Elo  Asbestos  Paneling 

Drafting  Room  Methods  Simplified  by  Use  of  Standard  Panels 
with  Adjusting  and  Closing  Units,  without  Affecting  Integrity  of 
Architectural  Design,  or  Restraining  Designer’s  Creative  Skill. 


TO  one  accustomed  to  designing  and  installing 
wood  paneling,  the  ease  and  flexibility  with 
which  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  may  be  incorporated 
into  the  design  of  a  room  of  any  dimension  will 
come  as  a  gratifying  relief.  Designers  who  have 
never  before  undertaken  this  type  of  work  will  find 
the  use  of  Elo  products  a  very  simple  matter,  clearly 
explained  in  this  and  the  following  chapter. 

Unlike  most  materials  which  are  produced  in  stock 
patterns  and  stock  sizes,  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  has 
been  made  with  accompanying  accessory  units,  called 
adjusting  panels,  which  per¬ 
mit  the  free  employment  of 
the  stock  sizes  without  intro¬ 
ducing  a  difficult  problem  of 
fitting  the  units  into  a  space 
not  equally  divisible  by  the 
width  of  a  standard  panel 
unit.  In  handling  wood  panel¬ 
ing  the  designer  is  usually 
faced  with  the  problem  of 
taking  wall  spaces  of  varying 
dimensions  and  finding  some 
common  denominator  to  use 
for  the  individual  panel  unit 
which  will  result  in  an  appear¬ 
ance  of  equal  size  panels  on 
all  the  walls.  At  best  this  is 
a  trying  problem  to  solve,  and 
it  is  one  that  even  the  early 
designers  avoided  wherever 
possible  by  frankly  varying 
the  size  of  their  units  to  make 
up  the  diversity  in  wall  dimen¬ 
sions  or  to  fit  the  panels 
around  doors,  windows  and 
projections.  The  makers  of 

Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  after  carefully  studying  the 
work  of  medieval  craftsmen,  realized  that  this  free¬ 
dom  in  using  a  uniform  panel  size  for  the  main 
wall  spaces  and  frankly  varying  the  panel  size  or 
the  width  of  the  stiles  or  rails  to  meet  special  con¬ 
ditions,  could  be  followed  with  equal  satisfaction  in 
the  development  of  this  new  product. 

Given  a  room  plan  with  dimensions  established 
by  considerations  other  than  the  width  of  the  panel 
units,  the  modern  designer  can  employ  Elo  Asbestos 
Paneling  by  the  simple  expedient  of  using  as  many 
standard  panels  as  will  fit  each  major  wall  space, 

15 


relying  wholly  upon  the  use  of  plain  Elo  Asbestos 
Lumber  or  the  various  adjusting  panels  illustrated  in 
this  book,  to  completely  fill  out  the  given  wall  space, 
including  spaces  under  windows  and  over  doors. 

Several  rooms  are  illustrated  in  this  book  which 
clearly  show  how  flexible  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  is 
in  actual  use,  and  on  the  following  page  are  archi¬ 
tectural  drawings  of  details  taken  from  the  two 
rooms  illustrated  in  the  frontispiece  which  show 
the  architectural  method  employed  in  adapting  Elo 
Asbestos  Paneling  to  the  typical  conditions  which 

presented  themselves  in  these 
installations.  In  fact  the  de¬ 
signer  working  with  Elo  As¬ 
bestos  Paneling  finds  himself 
employing  a  material  which 
permits  the  exercise  of  a  great 
deal  of  ingenuity  and  artistic 
talent  in  creating  with  stock 
patterns  individual  effects  of 
great  charm  and  character. 

Attention  is  called  particu¬ 
larly  to  the  fireplace  illustrated 
on  this  page  and  to  the  altar 
shown  on  page  18.  In  both 
instances  stock  patterns  have 
been  employed  to  achieve  re¬ 
sults  which  have  all  of  the 
appearance  of  specially  de¬ 
signed  details.  The  fireplace 
occupies  part  of  one  wall  of 
the  office  lobby  shown  in  the 
lower  illustration  on  the  fron¬ 
tispiece.  The  Gothic  Elo  As¬ 
bestos  Paneling  (Pattern  No. 
16)  illustrated  on  page  11. 
was  selected  for  this  room  and 
was  carried  around  all  of  the  walls  and  incorporated 
in  the  pilasters  on  either  side  of  the  fireplace.  Vari¬ 
ety  was  achieved  by  employing  the  simple  Tudor 
panel  illustrated  on  pages  6  and  7  for  the  breast 
of  the  fireplace,  with  a  simple  wood  mold  framing 
the  fireplace  opening.  The  necessary  space  adjust¬ 
ments  were  made  with  pieces  of  plain  Elo  Asbestos 
Lumber  and  these  three  simple  elements  have  cre¬ 
ated  a  fireplace  of  extraordinary  charm  which  has 
won  much  favorable  comment  for  its  excellence. 
The  altar  is  a  similar  example  of  the  ingenious 
use  of  stock  Elo  Asbestos  (continued  on  page  18) 


This  fireplace  detail  is  characteristic  of  the 
chdtrm,  dignity  and  individuality  which  have 
been  achieved  in  this  New  York  office  lobby  with 
fire-proof  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling. 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


Plan  and  Elevation  —  Paneling  in  Private  Office 

Lyon  &  Taylor,  Architects 


■TYPICAL  ELEVATION- 

t—  —  "O  I  I  1  f—  I  "  I 

1  O  I  2  3  4  S 

yjCALE  IN  FEET 


NOTES 

The  architectural  drawings  on  this  and 
the  opposite  page  show  the  two  rooms 
illustrated  in  the  frontispiece.  Drawings 
similar  to  these  are  all  that  are  required 
fdr  a  complete  installation  of  Elo 
Asbestos  Paneling.  An  elevation  reveals 
the  manner  in  zvhich  typical  space  ad¬ 
justments  are  made.  The  accompanying 
plan  gives  the  spacing  of  the  full  panels 
and  fractional  panels  for  the  entire  room 
and  indicates  where  wide  stiles  or  plain 
Elo  Asbestos  Lumber  may  be  introduced 
to  take  up  surplus  space.  See  text,  pages 
ig  and  20,  for  full  instructions  for  in¬ 
stalling,  specifying  and  ordering  Elo 
Asbestos  products. 


ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


17 


Plan  and  Elevation  —  Paneling  in  Office  Lobby 

Lyon  &  Taylor,  Architects 


pLA/Nf 


A A/L 
HEADS 


PART  OF 
PANEL  N°  IQ 


LUMBER^ 

S'°S4 


Light  k. 

OUTLET 


ADJUSTABLE 

Shelves 


door. 


PANELS 

NOQQC 


Sane  panel  as 
other.  Side 

NO  JG 


PLAIN  ELO 
LUMBER 

N°S4 


WOOD 

MOULDING 


OF  T 
ROOM 


PLASTER.  ,  ANTIQUE  FINISH 


COR-N/cE  SAME  AS 
ON  PANELS ■  N°  JQ 


Floor  Line 


2 


WOOD 

STRIPS 


existing 

j  TRIM 


PLAIN  ELO 

'  Lumber  ' 
N°s4 


Special 
j  BASE  N° S3 


WOOD  PLINTH  -) 


•  ELEVATION  AT  MANTLE  • 


1  o  12  3  4  5 

Scale  in  feet 


NOTES 

These  working  draivings  give 
all  necessary  information  for 
paneling  the  beautiful  office 
lobby  illustrated  in  the 
frontispiece,  including  the 
fireplace  shoivn  on  the  front 
cover  and  on  page  15.  Elo 
Asbestos  Gothic  Panel  No. 
16  was  used  on  the  walls  as 
shown  on  the  plan,  with  an 
overmantel  of  Tudor  Panel 
No.  68-C.  Note  use  of  plain 
Elo  Asbestos  Lumber  for 
space  adjustment  and  for 
covering  stock  metal  door  on 
the  right.  Fractional  panels 
marked  with  “plus”  sign  in¬ 
dicate  cutting  to  include  an 
extra  stile  to  frame  panel. 


Dotted  lines 


18 


ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


Altar  in  Lutheran  Church  House,  headquarters  of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  America,  39  East  35th  Street, 
N.  Y .,  made  of  parts  of  Elo  Asbestos  Panel  No.  16  and  Baseboard  No.  83.  An  excellent  example  of 
fine  cabinet  work,  showing  superb  effect  of  cai'ved  oak  obtained  at  lozv  cost.  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling 
is  exceptionally  suited  to  ecclesiastical  work  because  of  its  beauty,  economy  and  durability  and  because 
it  is  absolutely  fire-proof.  This  material  has  been  extensively  used  in  European  churches. 


Panels  and  the  illustration  clearly  shows  how  the 
desired  results  have  been  achieved. 

The  private  office  also  illustrated  in  the  frontis¬ 
piece  and  shown  in  detail  in  the  accompanying 
architectural  drawings,  shows  another  instance  of 
the  simple  adaption  of  standard  units  to  a  wall  space 
which  was  established  without  any  reference  to  the 
standard  panel  dimensions.  At  one  end  of  the  wall 
shown  in  the  architectural  drawing,  a  column  had 
to  be  encased,  and  a  window  interrupted  the  panel¬ 
ing  in  another  part  of  the  wall.  The  designer  chose 
the  Jacobean  Panel  illustrated  on  pages  8  and  9, 
and  adjusted  these  to  fit  the  given  wall  space  by 
introducing  two  wide  stiles  made  of  plain  Elo  As¬ 
bestos  Lumber.  The  space  under  the  window  was 
filled  by  simply  cutting  one  of  the  stock  panels  and 
turning  the  units  to  a  horizontal  position  in  exactly 
the  same  way  that  old  time  craftsmen  introduced 
minor  eccentricities  in  their  panel  work  to  overcome 
similar  obstacles  and  thereby  secured  distinctive 
character  and  a  high  degree  of  individuality. 

Flexibility  in  the  use  of  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  is 


further  increased  by  the  employment  of  the  archi¬ 
tectural  accessories  shown  and  described  in  a  later 
chapter  in  this  book  which  include  wainscots,  friezes, 
pilasters,  and  moldings  of  various  patterns.  Many 
of  the  Elo  Asbestos  Panels  are  sufficiently  related 
one  to  another  as  to  permit  the  use  of  one  pattern 
for  a  special  treatment  or  feature  in  conjunction 
with  another  panel  used  for  the  main  wall  spaces. 
This  aspect  of  the  design  problem  has  already  been 
touched  upon  in  the  preceding  chapter  in  which  it 
was  pointed  out  that  the  various  architectural  peri¬ 
ods  during  which  wood  paneling  achieved  its  great¬ 
est  use  were  developments  one  from  another.  The 
use  of  work  of  later  periods  in  conjunction  with 
panels  of  an  earlier  period  actually  occured  in  many 
old  buildings  where  the  work  of  an  early  craftsman 
was  superseded  or  extended  by  changes  undertaken 
a  generation  or  two  later.  In  fact  these  early  pre¬ 
cedents  have  had  their  influence  on  the  architecture 
of  many  subsequent  styles. 

The  Beaver  Products  Company  maintains  a  ser¬ 
vice  department  to  assist  in  the  use  of  Elo  Products. 


How  to  Install  and  Finish 
Elo  Asbestos  Paneling 

With  Notes  on  Detailed  and  Short  Specifications ,  the  Correct 
Sequence  of  Operations,  and  Methods  of  Estimating  Quantities 

of  Material  Required. 


IN  the  following  paragraphs  are  given  simple  in¬ 
structions  for  the  installation  and  finish  of  Elo 
Asbestos  Paneling  written  from  the  point  of  view  of 
the  builder  or  mechanic  actually  undertaking  the 
work.  Architects  and  designers  specifying  Elo  Asbes¬ 
tos  Products  on  work  under  their  control  will  find  in 
these  paragraphs  the  basis  for  the  preparation  of 
fully  detailed  specifications;  and  at  the  end  of  this 
section  is  a  brief  form  of  specification  for  use  when 
more  elaborate  instructions  are  deemed  unnecessary. 

These  instructions  and  specifications  are  presented 
in  a  manner  to  show  the  logical  sequence  of  opera¬ 
tions  which  has  been  found  through  experience  on 
numerous  installations  to  be  the  most  direct  and 
simple  method  of  conducting  the  work.  The  de¬ 
signer  will  also  find  herein  information  that  will 
aid  him  in  laying  out  his  work. 

The  entire  process  is  quite  simple  in  actual  prac¬ 
tice,  although  like  many  other  building  operations 
the  steps  require  a  somewhat  lengthy  description. 
In  brief,  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  is  erected  and 
finished  in  exactly  the  same  manner  as  wood  panel¬ 
ing  under  similar  circumstances. 

Measuring  the  Job 

The  room  in  which  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  is  to 
be  used  should  be  carefully  measured  on  the  job 
to  note  any  discrepancies  between  the  dimensions 
actually  existing  and  those  shown  on  the  architect’s 
or  designer’s  scale  drawings.  These  dimensions 
should  then  be  reduced  by  an  amount  sufficient  to 
allow  for  the  thickness  of  the  furring  strips  de¬ 
scribed  in  the  following  paragraph,  which  are  ap¬ 
plied  over  the  existing  wall  and  to  which  the  panels 
are  attached  with  countersunk  wood  screws. 

Applying  Furring  Strips 

Furring  strips  are  attached  to  old  or  new  walls 
by  standard  methods.  On  plaster  walls  the  wood 
strips  are  nailed  through  the  plaster  to  the  studs ; 
on  gypsum  blocks  the  strips  are  nailed  by  crossing 
the  nails  in  pairs  diagonally  into  the  gypsum ;  on 
terra  cotta  or  brick,  attachment  is  by  means  of 
screws  in  soft  plugs  or  by  expansion  bolts  in  the 
usual  fashion.  The  furring  strips  should  be  of  suf¬ 
ficient  thickness  to  allow  the  panels  to  carry  over 
any  existing  trim  which  it  is  desired  to  cover  with 
the  Elo  Asbestos  Panels  (such  as  existing  cement 
or  metal  baseboards  which  are  not  to  be  removed), 


and  to  meet  the  projection  of  the  top  molding  used 
to  finish  the  upper  edge  of  the  panels. 

The  furring  strips  are  spaced  to  fit  the  design  of 
the  panels  to  be  used.  Generally  the  strips  lie  in 
the  rails  or  stiles  of  the  panels  and  may  be  either 
horizontal  or  vertical,  as  the  condition  of  the  job 
indicates.  They  should  be  close  enough  to  make  a 
rigid  job  which  generally  means  there  should  be  a 
furring  strip  under  alternate  rails  or  stiles  and  under 
the  joint  between  adjacent  panels  and  pieces. 

Setting  Panels 

The  process  of  setting  the  panels  should  be  started 
at  points  where  doors,  windows,  or  other  fixed  ele¬ 
ments  break  into  the  plain  wall  surface  and  estab¬ 
lish  points  on  either  side  of  which  the  panels  must 
be  properly  spaced  and  balanced.  The  wall  space 
between  such  fixed  points  then  is  allotted  as  many 
standard  panels  as  the  dimension  will  permit  and 
the  excess  space  is  filled  either  with  fractional  panels 
carrying  the  complete  unit  design,  adjusting  panels, 
or  with  plain  Elo  Asbestos  Lumber  to  form  extra 
width  stiles.  The  surplus  space  may  be  divided 
into  several  parts  and  wider  stiles  inserted  at  in¬ 
tervals  between  the  standard  panels,  or  the  adjust¬ 
ment  may  be  taken  up  at  the  corners  of  the  room 
and  at  windows,  doors  or  other  fixed  features. 

Spacing  the  panels  and  making  the  necessary  ad¬ 
justments  is  determined  before  any  panels  are  actu¬ 
ally  attached.  It  is  so  easily  done  that  any  com¬ 
petent  workman  can  make  the  correct  arrangement 
to  secure  a  satisfactory  and  pleasing  effect,  or  the 
designer  may  definitely  indicate  on  his  drawings 
spaces  where  the  adjustments  may  be  introduced. 
The  placing  of  the  panels  and  the  adjusting  units 
having  thus  been  established,  the  workmen  proceed 
first  with  the  erection  of  the  standard  units,  mak¬ 
ing  certain  that  they  are  placed  at  the  proper  height 
to  allow  for  the  baseboard  if  one  is  to  be  used,  and 
then  fit  and  erect  the  closing  units. 

Cutting  and  Fitting  Panels 

Practically  no  fitting  of  the  standard  panels  is 
required  other  than  occasional  slight  planing  of  the 
edges  with  ordinary  woodworking  tools,  for  minor 
cracks  can  be  filled  in  a  fully  satisfactory  manner 
after  the  panels  are  in  place. 

Where  required,  Elo  Asbestos  Lumber  or  the 
panels  themselves  may  be  sawed,  using  a  coarse- 


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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


Information  desk  in  office  lobby  illustrated  on 
frontispiece  shoiving  how  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling 
may  be  used  for  fire-proof  counters,  bank  rails 
and  screens,  office  partitions  and  similar  details 
in  important  buildings. 

tooth  wide  set  saw  for  long  cuts  and  an  ordinary 
hack  saw  for  fine  fitting.  To  take  up  minor  dif¬ 
ferences  in  width  they  may  be  sawed  close  to  a 
panel  molding,  the  necessary  strip  being  cut  out 
from  the  panel  and  then  the  molding  and  stile  re¬ 
set  adjacent  to  the  rest  of  the  panel.  For  vary¬ 
ing  the  height  of  the  panel  work,  cuts  may  be  made 
close  to  the  molding  at  one  of  the  rails  and  either 
an  adjusting  or  fractional  panel  inserted  or  part  of 
one  of  the  standard  panels  removed. 

Attaching  Panels 

Elo  Asbestos  Panels,  accessories  and  plain  lum¬ 
ber  are  attached  to  the  furring  strips  with  ordinary 
flat  head  wood  screws.  Eloles  are  bored  through 
the  panels,  using  a  counter-sink  drill  or  an  ordinary 
drill  or  wood  bit  followed  by  a  counter-sink.  The 
screw  heads  are  sunk  slightly  below  the  surface  of 
the  panel  and  set  firmly  into  the  furring  strips. 

After  all  of  the  panels  are  attached  in  this  man¬ 
ner  and  the  top  molding  and  baseboard  set  in  place, 
tbe  work  is  completed  ready  for  filling  the  joints 
and  finishing  as  described  below. 

Filling  Joints  and  Screiv  Heads 

Joints  and  screw  heads  are  filled  with  a  plastic 
mixture  such  as  cold  glue  and  fine  sawdust,  “plas¬ 
tic  wood,”  or  other  hard-setting  mastic.  Do  not 
use  ordinary  putty.  After  the  mastic  is  hard,  sand¬ 
paper  the  surface  lightly  to  come  flush  with  the 
panels.  Grain  the  screw  holes  and  joints  with  the 
thumb-nail  or  the  point  of  a  sharp  tool  to  imitate 
wood  graining.  If  any  minor  cracks  or  breakages 


occur  in  the  setting  process,  these  defects  can  be 
readily  filled  and  concealed  in  a  similar  manner. 

Finishing  Elo  Asbestos  Panels 

As  soon  as  the  mastic  used  to  fill  joints  and 
screw  holes  is  set,  the  job  is  ready  for  finish,  in 
exactly  the  same  way  actual  hard  woodwork  is 
treated.  The  usual  stains  are  applied  and  when  de¬ 
sired  the  stains  may  be  lightly  rubbed  for  high¬ 
lighting  or  antiquing,  and  subsequently  the  surface 
may  be  finished  with  shellac,  varnish  or  wax,  as 
prescribed  by  the  designer.  For  painted  finish  treat 
like  ordinary  close-grained  wood. 

How  to  Specify  Elo  Asbestos  Products 

The  following  short  specification  is  recommended 
where  genuine  Elo  Asbestos  products  are  desired : 

“Where  indicated  on  the  drawings,  walls  shall 
be  paneled  with  Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  and  archi¬ 
tectural  accessories  as  manufactured  and  supplied 
by  The  Beaver  Products  Company,  Inc.  Paneling 

designated  as  Pattern  No . shall  be  used  for 

the  principal  wall  surfaces  in  conjunction  with  their 
adjusting  panels,  Pattern  No . ;  wood  top  mold¬ 
ing  Pattern  No . .  baseboard  Pattern  No . . 

and  plain  Elo  Asbestos  Lumber,  (Pattern  54)  all 
in  accordance  with  details  shown  on  the  accompany¬ 
ing  drawings.  The  panels,  moldings,  trim  and  other 
Elo  Asbestos  products  shall  be  attached  to  the  wall 
by  means  of  wood  furring  strips  spaced  to  fit  under 
alternate  rails  and  stiles  and  under  panel  joints,  to 
which  the  panels  are  fixed  by  means  of  counter¬ 
sunk  flat  head  wood  screws,  in  the  manner  cus¬ 
tomarily  employed  in  the  erection  of  wood  panel¬ 
ing.  Joints  and  screw  heads  shall  be  filled  with 
a  hard  setting  mastic,  sandpapered  flush  with  the 
panels  and  grained  with  a  sharp  tool  to  imitate 
adjoining  wood  effects.” 

How  to  Order  Elo  Asbestos  Products 

Making  up  an  order  for  Elo  Asbestos  Panels  for 
any  given  room  or  building  involves  the  same  proc¬ 
ess  used  for  taking  off  quantities  of  other  standard 
building  products.  The  number  of  stock  panels 
needed  to  cover  the  wall  surfaces  is  first  counted 
by  dividing  the  various  wall  spaces  by  the  width 
of  a  standard  panel  unit ;  the  surplus  space  is  then 
measured  and  a  suitable  quantity  of  adjusting  panels, 
or  fractions  of  standard  units  or  of  plain  Elo  As¬ 
bestos  Lumber,  is  noted,  allowing  a  small  surplus 
for  cutting  and  fitting.  Spaces  under  windows  or 
over  doors  are  measured  and  suitable  adjusting  or 
fractional  panels  selected  to  fit.  The  lineal  feet  of 
baseboard,  molding,  and  standing  trim  is  then  taken 
off  and  the  quantities  reduced  to  a  simple  order. 


The  Service  Department  of  The  Beaver  Products  Co.,  will  develop  from  architects’  or  owners’  plans, 
suggestions  for  decorative  paneling  with  complete  estimates  and  installation  data.  This  service  is  free. 


Fireproof  Trim  of  Elo  Asbestos 
for  Large  City  Buildings 

Restrictions  placed  on  use  of  wood  for  interior  trim  in  large  build¬ 
ings  in  leading  cities  suggests  use  of  Elo  Asbestos  Products  for 
return  to  fine  architectural  effects  of  carved  or  molded  woodwork. 


THE  fire  laws  and  building  codes  of  most  of 
the  leading  cities  in  this  country  have  imposed 
quite  rigid  restrictions  upon  the  use  of  wood  as  a 
structural  material  in  any  part  of  large  city  build¬ 
ings.  Within  certain  zones  no  wood  may  be  used  at 
all,  except  for  furniture. 

These  regulatory  measures,  while  absolutely  es¬ 
sential  for  the  protection  of  the  public,  have,  never¬ 
theless,  added  another  difficulty  to  the  already  long 
list  of  restrictions  which  architects,  owners,  builders 
and  decorators  must  take  into  consideration  in  the 
development  of  new  buildings  or  the  alteration  and 
improvement  of  existing  structures.  The  restric¬ 
tions  against  wood  have  required  the  use  of  metal 
and  various  forms  of  masonry  for  standing  trim, 
including  baseboards,  window  casing,  door  frames, 
doors,  decorative  wall  moldings,  and  similar  archi¬ 
tectural  accessories.  From  a  practical  as  well  as 
from  a  fire  protection  point  of  view,  these  mate¬ 
rials  serve  the  purpose,  but  they  have  definitely  con¬ 
tributed  to  the  increasing  cost  of  modern  building 
and  they  have  forced  the  designer  to  avoid  many 
interesting  and  attractive  architectural  effects  that 
can  only  be  achieved  in  wood.  There  is  no  deny¬ 
ing  the  fact  that  standing  trim  of  metal,  generally 
painted  or  occasionally  frankly  introduced  in  metal¬ 
lic  finishes,  produces  quite  a  different  effect  from 
that  which  results  with  the  use  of  fine  woodwork. 
The  latter  possesses  distinctive  texture  and  color 
and  may  be  developed  in  more  interesting  patterns 
than  are  economically  produced  in  metal. 

With  the  introduction  of  Elo  Asbestos  Products 
there  is  entering  a  new  opportunity  for  the  use  of 
fireproof  trim,  having  all  of  the  appearance  char¬ 
acteristic  of  wood  with  the  permanence,  strength 
and  durability  of  a  metallic  or  masonry  material. 
Elo  Asbestos  Products  are  absolutely  fireproof  and 
would  be  given  a  Class  A  fire-resistive  rating,  which 
is  the  highest  technical  classification  for  fireproof 
materials,  by  any  experienced  insurance  engineer. 
The  moderate  cost  of  Elo  Asbestos,  combined  with 
these  other  highly  desirable  characteristics,  opens 
up  new  and  very  interesting  possibilities  to  de¬ 
signers,  owners  and  builders,  for  a  return  to  genuine 
wood  effects  in  fireproof  buildings. 

There  are  already  available  Elo  Asbestos  Products 
suitable  for  use  for  baseboards,  window  casings,  door 
casings,  and  the  facing  of  doors,  whether  or  not 
Elo  Asbestos  Paneling  is  used  for  wall  surfaces. 


A  number  of  the  accessories  shown  on  the  follow¬ 
ing  page,  such  as  the  Elo  Asbestos  baseboard  Pat¬ 
tern  No.  57  and  any  one  of  the  several  Elo  As¬ 
bestos  moldings,  can  be  used  without  change  of 
form  for  normal  installations  of  fireproof  trim.  A 
very  interesting  door  treatment  can  be  achieved 
through  facing  the  ordinary  metal  or  kalamein  door 
with  solid  sheets  of  plain  Elo  Asbestos  Lumber  (sold 
under  Pattern  No.  54  in  sheets  8'  2l/2"  by  3'  11%") 
or  with  any  one  of  the  standard  Elo  Asbestos  Panels 
illustrated  in  this  book,  resulting  in  an  effect  of 
great  distinction  and  individuality. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  manufacturers  of  Elo 
Asbestos  Products  to  produce  from  time  to  time 
additional  Elo  products,  especially  designed  for  use 
as  fireproof  trim.  Owners  undertaking  large  build¬ 
ing  operations  desiring  to  use  this  economical  and 
beautiful  material  in  place  of  ordinary  cement  or 
painted  baseboards  and  for  the  other  forms  of  fire- 


Permancnt  exhibit  of  Elo  Asbestos  Panels  at 
the  Architects’  Samples  Corporation,  ioi  Park 
Avenue,  N.  Y.  Note  plain  Elo  Asbestos  Lumber 
over  wainscot  at  right,  the  Gothic  linenfold  at 
back,  Tudor  panel  at  left,  and  beamed  ceiling. 

proof  trim,  are  urged  to  communicate  with  The 
Beaver  Products  Company  to  discuss  the  opportuni¬ 
ties  for  developing  special  trim  for  the  proposed 
building.  Installation  costs  and  methods  will  be 
gladly  supplied  on  large  or  small  jobs  for  either 
special  or  stock  patterns  of  Elo  Asbestos  products. 
Contractors  and  builders  may  have  access  to  cost  rec¬ 
ords  of  actual  installations  to  aid  them  in  estimating. 

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ELO  ASBESTOS  PANELING 


Elo  Asbestos  Accessories 


Frieze  Pattern  No.  79  with  arches,  balusters  and  incised  carving  in  oak. 
Vertical  height  21)4";  length  (full  unit  not  shown)  8'  094". 


SELECTED  WOOD  TOP  MOLDS 

For  Finishing  Tops  of  Elo  Asbestos  Panels.  Sold  by  the  lineal  foot 

1 


No.  65 


No.  21 


Fleur  de  Lys  Molding  No.  7 — 3)4"  wide,  8'  154"  long 


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Plume  Molding  No.  8 — 4'  wide,  8'  154"  long 


Denticulated  Molding  No.  66 — 5)4"  wide,  8'  2/s"  long 


Plaque  of  special  design  finished  in 
statuary  bronze  which  faithfully 
reproduces  the  effect  of  solid  cast 
bronze  of  fine  workmanship. 


PLAIN  ELO  ASBESTOS 
LUMBER  No.  54 

Plain  sheets  of  Elo  Asbestos,  faith¬ 
fully  reproducing  the  appearance 
of  carefully  joined  wide  oak  boards 
are  available  for  covering  doors, 
for  continuous  sheet  paneling,  and 
for  making  adjustments  with  other 
panels  as  described  in  text.  Size, 
8'  2)4"  with  the  grain  by  3'  11)4" 
across  the  grain. 


Rose  Molding,  Pattern  No.  2, 

finished  in  burnished  old 
gold ;  other  special  finishes 
produced  on  order.  Vertical 
height  77/8",  length  4'  294". 


“Vine”  Molding  or  Trim  No.  62—494"  wide,  7'  8)4"  long 


Renaissance  Molding  or  Trim  No.  14 — 6)4"  wide,  7'  9)4"  long 


Flexibility  and  Variety  Achieved 
With  Elo  Asbestos  Accessories 

A  wide  variety  of  moldings,  friezes,  trim ,  beamed  ceilings  and 
special  ornaments  increases  flexibility,  broadens  opportunities  for 
creating  unique  and  charming  effects  with  Elo  Asbestos  Products. 


IN  the  preceding  pages  of  this  book  the  principal 
Elo  Asbestos  Panels  have  been  illustrated  in  con¬ 
junction  with  the  most  frequently  used  adjusting 
panels  and  in  some  instances  with  baseboards  and 
top  moldings  of  appropriate  type.  On  the  facing 
page  are  shown  a  number  of  additional  Elo  Asbestos 
Accessories  selected  from  a  considerable  variety  of 
patterns  available  in  wood  or  metallic  finishes. 

The  use  of  the  adjusting  and  fractional  panels  as 
a  medium  for  giving  flexibility  to  the  stock  panels 
and  permitting  their  ready 
adjustment  to  fit  wall 
spaces  of  various  dimen¬ 
sions  has  been  mentioned 
in  some  detail  in  a  pre¬ 
vious  chapter.  These  ad¬ 
justing  panels,  however, 
may  be  used  independently 
as  accessories  or  for 
wainscots  or  the  construc¬ 
tion  and  decoration  of 
desks,  counters,  bank  rail¬ 
ings  and  similar  architec¬ 
tural  appurtenances. 

Experience  has  shown 
that  as  designers  become 
familiar  with  the  handling 
of  Elo  Asbestos  products, 
they  find  many  ingenious 
and  interesting  uses  for 
the  panels  and  accessories  at  a  marked  saving  in 
cost  over  the  employment  of  carved  woodwork  of 
good  quality.  On  page  18  is  shown  an  altar  in  the 
Lutheran  Church  House,  New  York  headquarters  of 
the  Lutheran  Church  in  America,  which  is  com¬ 
posed  of  Elo  Asbestos  Gothic  Panels  and  Acces¬ 
sories.  Here  the  efifect  of  a  beautiful  piece  of  fine 
oak  cabinet  work  was  produced  at  a  fraction  of  the 
cost  of  real  wood  ornamented  by  a  competent  crafts¬ 
man.  Many  similar  uses  for  lecterns,  altar  rails, 
choir  stalls,  and  other  church  appointments  are  im¬ 
mediately  suggested  by  this  delightful  detail.  The 
durability  of  Elo  is  desirable  in  such  places. 

The  fireplace  detail  shown  on  page  15,  which  has 
already  been  described  on  other  pages,  is  another 
example  of  the  ingenious  use  of  Elo  Asbestos  ac¬ 
cessories  in  conjunction  with  standard  panels.  For 
the  same  room  the  architects  designed  a  desk,  which 
is  illustrated  on  page  20,  similarly  developed  with 


Elo  Asbestos  adjusting  panels  and  accessories.  This 
desk  well  illustrates  the  special  effects  that  can  be 
produced  with  Elo  products  for  stock  counters, 
cashiers’  desks,  partitions  and  bank  railings 
and  furnishings  where  the  use  of  equally  at¬ 
tractive  carved  woodwork  would  be  prohibitive  in 
cost  as  well  as  insufficiently  durable  to  stand  the 
abrasion  and  wear  of  every-day  use. 

Another  opportunity  for  the  use  of  Elo  Asbestos 
products  is  in  the  production  of  beamed  ceilings 

having  the  appearance 
of  heavy  wood  planks 
between  the  beams.  The 
illustration  on  this  page, 
taken  from  a  permanent 
exhibit  of  Elo  Asbestos 
products  in  the  Architects' 
Samples  Corporation 
showrooms,  101  Park 
Avenue,  New  York,  indi¬ 
cates  with  what  success 
Elo  Asbestos  may  be  em¬ 
ployed  for  this  type  of 
ceiling  decoration. 

On  the  facing  page  are 
a  number  of  standard  ac¬ 
cessories,  including  a 
frieze,  several  wide  and 
narrow  Elo  Asbestos 
moldings,  a  baseboard,  and 
examples  of  Elo  Asbestos  finished  with  a  metallic 
surface.  The  wainscot  illustrated  on  page  5  may 
also  be  used  as  an  accessory  with  other  units  if  de¬ 
sired.  With  these  accessories  are  also  illustrated 
sections  of  a  number  of  wood  moldings  which  may 
be  correctly  used  as  top  moldings  to  finish  off  Elo 
Panels  under  the  varying  conditions  which  occur  on 
typical  installations.  These  wood  moldings  may  be 
procured  in  a  very  wide  variety  of  shapes  and  widths 
and  where  desired,  special  wood  moldings  can  be 
made  up  to  the  designer’s  sketch. 

Decorators,  cabinet  makers,  architects,  builders 
and  owners  are  urged  to  communicate  with  The 
Beaver  Products  Company  whenever  they  have  any 
problem  where  fine  woodwork  is  desired  without  its 
usual  high  cost  and  with  the  added  advantages  of  a 
material  that  is  absolutely  fireproof,  permanent  and 
wear-resisting.  Assistance  in  the  solution  of  special 
design  problems  is  available  without  obligation. 

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Beamed  ceiling  of  Elo  Asbestos  having  appearance  of 
solid  beams  of  old  oak  with  wide  oak  planks  betzveen. 
Available  in  various  sizes  and  spacings. 


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The  Beaver  Products  Company,  Inc. 


THE  BEAVER  PRODUCTS  COMPANY,  INC.,  is  a  nationally  known  institution,  success¬ 
fully  manufacturing  and  marketing  a  line  of  quality  Building  Materials. 


Being  the  pioneer  and  the  world’s  largest  producer  of  fibre  wall  board,  the  second  largest 
manufacturer  of  plaster  wallboard,  plaster,  and  a  full  line  of  other  gypsum  products,  and  the 
second  largest  producer  of  asphalt  shingles  in  the  United  States,  THE  BEAVER  PRODUCTS 
COMPANY,  INC.,  is  enabled  to  render  a  complete  service  in  quality  materials  through  the 
application  of  its  extensive  resources  and  broad  experience. 


The  name  “BEAVER”  has  for  many  years  stood  for  high-grade  and  dependable  products 
and  is  known  in  all  domestic  and  foreign  markets.  The  locations  of  its  manufacturing 
facilities  are  indicative  of  the  thorough  market  coverage  and  its  ability  to  serve  all  consumers. 


The  resources  of  this  organization  are  behind  Elo  Asbestos  Products,  a  guarantee  of  their 

merit,  and  a  protection  to  their  users. 


Locations  of  Plants  Owned  and  Operated 


TIMBER  TRACTS 
Frederickhouse,  Ontario' 

PULP  AND  BOARD  MILLS 
Thorold,  Ontario 

NEWS  PRINT  MILL 
Thorold,  Ontario 

BEAVER  BOARD 
Buffalo,  New  York 
Thorold,  Ontario 

BEAVER  INSULATING  BOARD 
Buffalo,  New  York 
Thorold,  Ontario 


BESTWALL  PLASTER  WALL  BOARD 
AND  BEAVER  GYPSUM  LATH 
Akron,  New  York  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Fort  Dodge,  Iowa. 

BEAVER  AMERICAN  PLASTER  (GYPSUM  PRODUCTS) 
Akron,  New  York  Gypsum,  Ohio 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Agatite,  Texas 

Fort  Dodge,  Iowa  Blue  Rapids,  Kansas 

North  Holston,  Virginia 

BEAVER  VULCANITE  ROOFING 
Albany,  New  York  Kansas  City,  Missouri 

Chicago,  Illinois  Anderson,  Indiana 


VARNISHES  AND  ENAMELS 
Buffalo,  New  York 


BEAVER  ASBESTOS  SHINGLES 
Buffalo,  New  York 


“ELO”  ASBESTOS  PANELING 
( Initial  Plant ) 

Buffalo,  New  York 


The  Company  also  maintains  Sales  Offices  at  the  following  locations: 

London,  England  Buffalo,  New  York  Thorold,  Ontario,  Canada 

New  \ork,  N.  Y.  Atlanta,  Georgia  Chicago,  Illinois 

Minneapolis,  Minn.  Kansas  City,  Missouri 


The  Beaver 


Products  Co.,  Inc. 


LEAVER 


